Programming
As a Class A station, KAZR-CA is required to air a certain amount of locally-produced programming. The station once fulfilled that requirement with a daily 30-minute local newscast at 6:00 p.m. The newscast was repeated at 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. and was the only local Spanish-language newscast in northern Nevada. The program was also the first Spanish local newscast in high definition in the United States, with the Reno market featuring two other high definition newscasts.
The newscast was canceled on March 11, 2008, when KAZR's news department (which was shared with sister station KREN-TV) was closed due to poor advertising revenues. Some Hispanic community leaders, such as Jessie Gutierrez, director of Nevada Hispanic Services, said that the popularity of the station will decrease without a local newscast, citing, "This is a growing Hispanic community, the news they provide at 6 p.m. is essential to let the Hispanic community know what's going on... They're not taking in the needs of the Hispanic community, and they are supposed to be the Hispanic station." Some of the dismissed staffers have planned to take legal action against the station.
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